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Warm and Livable Busan, 2025 Saemaul “Sharing Kimchi of Love” Event Held

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will hold the “2025 Saemaul Sharing Kimchi of Love” event at 9:00 a.m. today (November 5) at the Green Plaza of Busan City Hall.

This event is jointly hosted by the National Credit Union Federation of Korea (Saemaul Geumgo) and the Busan Saemaul Credit Union, and organized by the Busan Saemaul Association (President Baek Ok-ja). It aims to share warm love and support with neighbors in need within the local community.

The cost of the event is covered by the National Credit Union Federation of Korea and the Busan Saemaul Credit Union, and to promote the spirit of regional coexistence, all ingredients for kimchi-making are sourced from domestic agricultural products only.

Mayor Park Heong-joon, Baek Ok-ja (President of the Busan Saemaul Association), and Park Soo-yong (Director of the National Credit Union Federation of Korea) will attend the event to participate in the kimchi-making activity and encourage the volunteers.

Approximately 130 participants, including around 100 Busan Saemaul leaders and 30 members of the Busan Saemaul Credit Union Volunteer Group, will make 4,000 heads of kimchi cabbage, which will be directly delivered to underprivileged neighbors—such as elderly individuals living alone, children from low-income or single-parent families, and other disadvantaged households—through the Women’s Associations of the 16 districts and counties in Busan.

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Meanwhile, the Busan Saemaul Association, the organizer of the event, has been actively engaged in various social contribution activities such as environmental cleanup, disaster recovery, and helping neighbors in need. Likewise, the National Credit Union Federation of Korea and the Busan Saemaul Credit Union, as hosts, have been devoted not only to supporting community-based financial services but also to revitalizing the local economy and assisting socially vulnerable groups, thereby contributing to the development of the regional community.

Baek Ok-ja, President of the Busan Saemaul Association, is expected to remark,

“Through this event, we reaffirm the value of solidarity and coexistence in our community and will continue to practice social contribution through various acts of sharing.”

Mayor Park Heong-joon is expected to say,

“I believe that when our warm hearts, shared here today through kimchi-making, reach our neighbors in need, people will once again feel that ‘Busan is truly a wonderful place to live.’
We will do our utmost to create a community where every citizen would want to live again, even if born anew.”